Improvement in folding chairs



lD. N L SELLEG.

Folding-Chairs.

Patented im. '14, 1873;

INVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID N. sELLEe, 0E NEwEUEe, NEw YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN -FoLDlNe CHAIRS.

' Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 143,721, dated October 14, 1873; application filed October 3, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID N. SELLEG, of Newburg, New York, have invented certain Improvements in Folding Chairs, of which the following is a speciiication: 1

My invention consists in a folding chair constructed as shown in the accompanying draW- ing, in which- Figure l is a side view. Fig. 2 is a front View. Fig. 3 shows the chair folded.

A A are the front legs, which, together with the cross-bars H and T, form the frame for the back of the chair. B B are the back legs, which are connected'with the front legs by the pivot C. O and P are stretchers, bracing the legs A A and B B. The seat S S is suspended from the back by the pivots K K and the metal pieces V, which are screwed to the seat S S at R. The object of this connection is that when the chair is folded the back of the seat S is thrown outside the frame of the back of the chair, and the seat allowed to fold closely for use, the seat S S is supported and held in place by the hook L clasping the pin J in the leg B. The arm is composed of the three pieces N, M, and G. The pieces N and`M are hinged together at E. The piece G is screwed to the piece N, projecting over the joint E, forming an essential part of the arm, and at the same time being a base on which to build the upholstering, and for this purpose may be made any length desirable, its extending over the joint E and the part of the arm M not interj 

